My Place Among Them Book Talk and Signing

My Place Among Them by J. Stanion is a story of resilience and more as it follows the path of John Iron Horse, a twelve year old survivor of the massacre of members of the Lakota tribe at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1890. John is thrown into a new world and a new system, including government run schools that indigenous tribes across the nation were forced to send their children to. The government’s motto, “Kill the Indian, save the man,” sums up what John will experience in his new life. Despite the adversity John faces, he excels as a student and catches the attention of teacher Carter Heath. The two build a bond over time that will be tested by government bureaucracy and politics. My Place Among Them includes the tragedy of love lost, a people’s struggle to save their culture and the triumph of the human spirit against almost overwhelming odds.